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Historical Events In May - 24

Thursday, 28 March 2024

1895  On this day in history playright Oscar Wilde is convicted on a morals charge in London and sentenced to prison  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1895  On May - 24 henry Irving becomes 1st theatrical knight  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1895  H S T L "Stork" Hendry, cricketer (Australian all-rounder post-WWI) on May - 24.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1895  Joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter, dies at 73 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1898  On May - 24 kathleen Hale, British children book writer/illustrator (Orlando)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1899  The first auto repair shop opens in Boston on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1899  1st auto repair shop opens (Boston) on May - 24.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1899  On May - 24 suzanne Lenglen, France, Wimbledon tennis champion (6-times)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1900  Australians cross Vaal River in South Africa on May - 24.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1900  Britain annexes Orange Free State on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1900  On this day in history 34th Belmont: Nash Turner aboard Ildrim wins in 2:21¼  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1901  On this day in history seventy-eight miners die in the Caerphilly pit disaster in South Wales.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1902  Empire Day first celebrated in Britain on May - 24.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1902  On this day in history empire Day 1st celebrated in Britain  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1903  Aram Katchaturian, Armenian composer, (Earth) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1904  George Formby, [William Booth], Brit singer/comic (Let George Do It) on May - 24.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1905  39th Belmont: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Tanya wins in 2:08 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1905  On May - 24 mikhail Sholokhov, USSR, writer (And Quiet Flows the Don, Nobel 1965)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1906  Edmund Sargant, solicitor on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1908  Belgium Catholic socialist/liberal parliamentary election on May - 24.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1908  On May - 24 kresimir Fribec, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1909  On May - 24 bristol University granted Royal Charter  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1909  On May - 24 guillermo Diaz-Plaja, Spanish literary/poet (Lorca)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1910  Margers Zarins, composer on May - 24.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1912  On May - 24 joan Hammond, British operatic soprano  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1913  Audrey Brown, England, 4 X 100m runner (Olympic-silver-1936) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1914  Clifford Irving, Chairman (Isle of Man Govt) on May - 24.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1915  Enemy Contracts Annulment Act on May - 24.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1915  On this day in history formal truce on Gallipoli during which the Turkish dead of the 19 May attacks are buried  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1915  On this day in history italy declares war on Austria-Hungary  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1915  Thomas Edison invents telescribe to record telephone conversations on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1916  On this day in history conscription begins in Britain  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1916  French driven out of Fort Douaumont after 500 killed or injured on May - 24.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1916  On this day in history last British-Indian contract workers arrive in Suriname  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In May - 24

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1522  John Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1544  On May - 24 birth of william Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1605  Nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church was born on May - 24.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1610  Giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1616  On May - 24 birth of john Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1619  On this day in history birth of philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1650  On May - 24 birth of john Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1671  Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In May - 24

Famous People Died On This Day In History

1144  Petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1153  David I, King of Scotland, dies on May - 24.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1351  Death of Abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1408  On this day in history death of taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1425  On May - 24 death of murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1456  On May - 24 death of ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1543  On May - 24 nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1612  On this day in history robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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